Hi
thank you for a well documented response It’s a lot to think about I decided to give BA one more chance and tweaked my explorer ticket and was presently surprised at how knowledgable the agent was I must of spent nearly two hours going through the itinerary The agent in question said that she gets to do a lot of the explorer tickets it’s still from Oslo so it will be interesting to see what the base fare plus taxes are for a DONE5
OSL-LHR-SYD -BNE—ADL—PER-SYD-AkL —HKG-HND-LAX-SCL-MIA-_-PTY—MIA—DOH-OSL
You had good luck getting a knowledgeable agent
No Oneworld airline fly LAX-SCL non stop [reference wikipedia]. You must list and count all OW flights/airports
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo...tional_Airport
LATAM is no longer part of OW. A big loss to Oneworld *ONE* tickets
Adding SCL is another continent, at a cost increase
Going to SYD twice is a waste. Looked at BNE for the second east coast airport (SYD-ADL-PER-BNE-AKL)? [have not checked QF time table]. But QF do operate a wide body B787 on the SYD-PER-FCO route and MEL-PER-LHR route. Far better business class seat than on the B737.
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